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# plaudits

«plaudits» in Mova's school dictionary: **loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, always in the plural (singular «plaudit»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/#m1)

2) (old use) Plaudits can also mean a shout or call of approval from a crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a crowd, a bird or a king gives plaudits to someone who has done well or sung well; in school talk, praise for a play or a song

### examples

- The crowd showered plaudits on the young singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/#x1)
- The Genius made the wood ring with his plaudits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/#x2)
- Everyone cheered and gave the winner plaudits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plaudits» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaudits/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.